ISSF World Cup: Elavenil Valarivan won bronze in 10 meter air rifle

The twenty -five -year -old Indian shooter Elavenil finished third with 231.2 points. China’s 18 -year -old Wang Jifei won the gold medal with 252.7 points while Quon Yunji of Korea won the silver medal with 252.6 points.

Elavenil started with 10.7 points in the final and then scored 10.8 points in its next attempt.

The two -time Olympian Elavenil was 0.3 points behind Korea’s Olympic champion Yunji after the first five shots. She reached the top with 10.8 points. Elavenil topped 12 shots with 127.2 points. Wang was in second place at this time.

Elavenil, who finished fourth in the 2018 World Cup in 2018, retained her lead with 10.7 points. However, the Indian shooter slipped to third place with 9.8 points and finally had to be satisfied with the bronze medal.

Earlier, after six series of qualification, Elavenil finished second with 635.9 points. Wang topped the top position with 637.9 points. Norway’s Janet Hague Duisted finished third with 635.7 points. Wang’s score is the world record of qualification.

Yunji was fourth with 635.6 points in the qualification while Turkish Elf Berphin Altun (634.6) finished fifth. China’s World and Asian champion Hen Juayu finished sixth with 634.2 points and made it to the finals.